For The Things That We Cannot Change Poem by RIC BASTASA

for things that we cannot change
we may let them be

hence, i do not wish to change you
for you cannot be you

there is a time always to pray
to know what we can change and what we cannot

to know what is the difference between the two
i have limits too

for things that i can change for those i cannot
i may soon take my leave and go

to places where we do not mind each other anymore
where you are free to grow and be yourself

where i cannot see you anymore and then
i may stop gritting my own teeth